Enterocins L50A and L50B, two novel bacteriocins from Enterococcus faecium L50, are related to staphylococcal hemolysins

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1988-1994

  Cintas, Luis M ^a,b   Casaus, Pilar ^a,b   Holo, Helge ^a   Hernandez, Pablo E ^b   Nes, Ingolf F ^a   Håvarstein, Leiv Sigve ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; ENTEROCIN; HEMOLYSIN; PEDIOCIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; NES; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031922351     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.8.1988-1994.1998     Document Type: Article

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